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gatesnapperbho.dll

gate snapper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module gatesnapperbho.dll by gate snapper has been detected as adware by 40 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘gate snapper 1.0.0.7’. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.gatesnapper.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
gate snapper  (signed and verified)

Product:
gate snapper

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
8c1130e4d658fd4805b0a3eeebb386ad

SHA-1:
d26e7d6eb87c66d5e9a566348aa1677f43372c14

SHA-256:
c8a0e895eb5314ba1dc67b40f74ad57c407518c2d9e0b7e94685a186877fe7a8

Scanner detections:
40 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 7:27:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
676

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.01.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
3.6.1.96

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-BE [PUP]
2014.9-150330

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3154

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15330

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
1.0.20.445

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-536
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20860

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.089

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
8.15.03.30.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11390

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
3/30/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-9c4b2ea6
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
11.2015-30-03_2

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of gatesnapper.dll (Adware)
2015.7.4.12

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15410

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2267

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GateSnapper.A
v2015.03.30.01

McAfee
BrowseFox
5600.6810

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
16.0.0.267

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.8.659

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.BetterBrowse.1
11.20150330

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.01.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.03.30.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Yontoo
15.3.30.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B
23.00.65.15328

Sophos
Generic PUA NC
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9966

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02SC0OCR15
7.2.89

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02SC0OCR15
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38846

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.58304
2.0.0.2033

File size:
262.7 KB (269,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) gate snapper. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gate snapper\gatesnapperbho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gate snapper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gate snapper, O=gate snapper, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
133A7A0373BA5F8F11B450D044B92146

Registration
CLSID:
{4a532aa9-cf26-4fd4-b245-cb4e3b401af9}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2015 6:05:23 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:bmiYckxqEbUViVqUsVNXBB+/nFK3wY+lx9ZKTRhKjlcEF:bmiYckziiVMrXFdI9ZGYya

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 4C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.0737

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
gate snapper 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{4a532aa9-cf26-4fd4-b245-cb4e3b401af9}


The file gatesnapperbho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://install-cdn.gatesnapper.com/bed?r=2015020202&bet=3

http://install-cdn.gatesnapper.com/bed?r=2015020121&bet=3

http://install-cdn.gatesnapper.com/bed?r=2015020207&bet=3

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